Shoes with replaceable toe portion or replaceable heel portion

ABSTRACT

A shoe with a replaceable toe portion or replaceable heel portion comprises a shoe body having a toe portion at a front end thereof; a heel portion at a rear end, a detachable toe portion and a detachable heel portion. Each of the toe portion, detachable toe portion, heel portion and detachable heel portion has a connection portion. The detachable toe portion can be attached to or detached from the connection portion of the toe portion and the detachable heel portion can be attached to or detached from the connection portion of the heel portion. The connection portions of the toe portion, detachable toe portion, heel portion and detachable heel portion are selected from screws, buttons, Velcros, buckles and zippers.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to shoes, and particularly to a shoe witha replaceable toe portion or replaceable heel portion, wherein the shoebody can be attached with various detachable toe portion or detachableheel portion to present different outlooks. In manufacturing, only onemold of the shoe body is necessary.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Currently, most of shoe have integral structures, that is the shoe bodyis fixed to the sole and the patterns, textures, colors, shapes of thesurfaces of the shoe are also predetermined. When the user buy one shoe,the style of the shoe can not be updated. Thus users frequently buy manyshoe to satisfy their requirements.

In some design, the shoe body is detachable from the sole. The shoe hasa shoe body, a sole, a rubber layer and at least one decoration sheetwhich can be adhered to the shoe. The shoe has a sole, a shoe facesecured to a periphery of the shoe and having an opening for receiving aleg, a groove in the shoe face, and a pattern layer formed on a bottomof the groove. The decorating sheet has an inner surface and an outersurface and a pattern layer on the outer surface. The rubber layer isadhered to an inner side of the decorating sheet an outer surface of thepattern layer. The rubber layer is made of transparent material. Whenthe decorating sheet is embedded into the groove of the shoe body, theouter surface of the decorating sheet is flushed on or slightlyprotruded from an outer surface of the shoe body.

In another prior art, a shoe with replaced bottom pad is disclosed, inthat the shoe has a shoe body. An upper side of the shoe body has anenclosure for receiving a leg of a user and a lower side thereof is asole. A bottom surface of the sole is formed with a receiving portionand a bottom pad is fixed to the upper surface of the sole. The bottompad has a bottom layer and a surface layer which is formed by a thickerpaper or other like material. The bottom layer is a plane sheet and thesurface layer has a wavelike structure. The surface layer is paved uponthe bottom layer flatly. The lower ends of the wavelike structure are incontact with the bottom layer. The air between the surface layer and thebottom layer has the effect of buffering.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide ashoe with a replaceable toe portion or replaceable heel portion, whereinthe shoe body can be attached with various detachable toe portion ordetachable heel portion to present different outlooks. In manufacturing,only one mold of the shoe body is necessary.

To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a shoe with areplaceable toe portion or replaceable heel portion comprises a shoebody having a toe portion at a front end thereof; a heel portion at arear end, a detachable toe portion and a detachable heel portion. Eachof the toe portion, detachable toe portion, heel portion and detachableheel portion has a connection portion. The detachable toe portion can beattached to or detached from the connection portion of the toe portionand the detachable heel portion can be attached to or detached from theconnection portion of the heel portion. The connection portions of thetoe portion, detachable toe portion, heel portion and detachable heelportion are selected from screws, buttons, Velcros, buckles and zippers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order that those skilled in the art can further understand thepresent invention, a description will be provided in the following indetails. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are onlyused to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects,features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to beused to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined inthe appended claims.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the first embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated. In this embodiment, the structure of thepresent invention has the following elements.

A shoe body 1 has a toe portion 2 at a front end thereof and a heelportion 3 at a rear end thereof; the toe portion 2 has a connectionportion 11 at two lateral sides thereof and the heel portion 3 has aconnection portion 12 covering two lateral sides thereof.

A detachable toe portion 4 has a connection portion 41 which isconnectable to the connection portion 11 of the toe portion 2.

A detachable heel portion 5 has a connection portion 51 which isconnected to the connection portion 12 of the heel portion 3.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the connectionportions are selected from male buckle and female buckles so that theconnection portion 11 of the toe portion 2 can be combined to theconnection portion 41 of the detachable toe portion 4, and theconnection portion 12 of the heel portion 3 is connectable to theconnection portion 51 of the detachable heel portion 5.

The FIG. 2 shows the assembled view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the second embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated.

A shoe body 1 has a toe portion 2 at a front end thereof and a heelportion 3 at a rear end thereof; the toe portion 2 has a connectionportion 11 a at two lateral sides thereof and the heel portion 3 has aconnection portion 12 a covering two lateral sides thereof.

A detachable toe portion 4 has a connection portion 41 a which isconnectable to the connection portion 11 a of the toe portion 2.

A detachable heel portion 5 has a connection portion 5 a which isconnected to the connection portion 12 a of the heel portion 3.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the connectionportions are zippers so that the connection portion 11 a of the toeportion 2 can be combined to the connection portion 41 a of thedetachable toe portion 4, and the connection portion 12 a of the heelportion 3 is connectable to the connection portion 51 a of thedetachable heel portion 5.

The FIG. 4 shows the assembled view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the third embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated.

A shoe body 1 has a toe portion 2 at a front end thereof and a heelportion 3 at a rear end thereof; the toe portion 2 has a connectionportion 11 a at two lateral sides thereof and the heel portion 3 has aconnection portion 12 a covering two lateral sides thereof.

A detachable toe portion 4 has a connection portion 41 a which isconnectable to the connection portion 11 b of the toe portion 2.

A detachable heel portion 5 has a connection portion 5 a which isconnected to the connection portion 12 b of the heel portion 3.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the connectionportions are Velcro so that the connection portion 11 b of the toeportion 2 can be combined to the connection portion 41 b of thedetachable toe portion 4, and the connection portion 12 b of the heelportion 3 is connectable to the connection portion 51 b of thedetachable heel portion 5.

The FIG. 6 shows the assembled view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the fourth embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated.

A shoe body 1 has a toe portion 2 at a front end thereof and a heelportion 3 at a rear end thereof; the toe portion 2 has a connectionportion 11 c at two lateral sides thereof and the heel portion 3 has aconnection portion 12 c covering two lateral sides thereof.

A detachable toe portion 4 has a connection portion 41 c which isconnectable to the connection portion 11 c of the toe portion 2.

A detachable heel portion 5 has a connection portion 5 c which isconnected to the connection portion 12 c of the heel portion 3.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the connectionportions are selected from buttons and slits for receiving the buttonsso that the connection portion 11 c of the toe portion 2 can be combinedto the connection portion 41 c of the detachable toe portion 4, and theconnection portion 12 c of the heel portion 3 is connectable to theconnection portion 51 c of the detachable heel portion 5.

The FIG. 8 shows the assembled view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, the fifth embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated.

A shoe body 1 has a toe portion 2 at a front end thereof and a heelportion 3 at a rear end thereof; the toe portion 2 has a connectionportion 11 d at two lateral sides thereof and the heel portion 3 has aconnection portion 12 d covering two lateral sides thereof.

A detachable toe portion 4 has a connection portion 41 a which isconnectable to the connection portion 11 d of the toe portion 2.

A detachable heel portion 5 has a connection portion 5 a which isconnected to the connection portion 12 d of the heel portion 3.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the connectionportions are selected from buttons and slits for receiving the buttonsso that the connection portion 11 d of the toe portion 2 can be combinedto the connection portion 41 d of the detachable toe portion 4, and theconnection portion 12 d of the heel portion 3 is connectable to theconnection portion 51 d of the detachable heel portion 5.

The FIG. 10 shows the assembled view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention.

By above mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention, theshoe body 1 can be attached with various detachable toe portion 4 ordetachable heel portion 5 to present different outlooks. Thus the usercan select desired outlooks to match different conditions, such asoutdoors, indoors, leisure states, etc.

Furthermore, in manufacturing, as manufacturing doll shoe, the presentinvention causes that the manufacturers can save a great deal of costs.Only one mold of the shoe body is necessary. The mold of shoe body canbe attached with various detachable toe portion and detachable heelportion. Thus the manufacturing processes and costs are reduced greatly.

The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that thesame may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regardedas a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, andall such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A shoe with a replaceable toe portion,comprising: a shoe body having a toe portion at a front end thereof; thetoe portion having a connection portion covering two lateral sidesthereof; and a detachable toe portion having a connection portion whichis connectable to the connection portion of the toe portion; and whereinthe detachable toe portion can be attached to or detached from theconnection portion of the toe portion so that the detachable toe portionis replaceable from the toe portion of the shoe body.
 2. The shoe with areplaceable toe portion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connectionportions of the toe portion and the detachable toe portion are selectedfrom male buckles and female buckles so that the toe portion can becombined to the detachable toe portion.
 3. The shoe with a replaceabletoe portion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection portions ofthe toe portion and the detachable toe portion are two parts of a zipperso that the toe portion can be combined to the detachable toe portion.4. The shoe with a replaceable toe portion as claimed in claim 1,wherein the connection portions of the toe portion and the detachabletoe portion are Velcro so that the toe portion can be combined to thedetachable toe portion.
 5. The shoe with a replaceable toe portion asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the connection portions of the toe portionand the detachable toe portion are selected from screws and threadedholes for receiving screws so that the toe portion can be combined tothe detachable toe portion.
 6. The shoe with a replaceable toe portionas claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection portions of the toeportion and the detachable toe portion are selected from buttons andslits for receiving buttons so that the toe portion can be combined tothe detachable toe portion.
 7. A shoe with a replaceable heel portion,comprising: a shoe body having a heel portion at a rear end thereof; theheel portion having a connection portion covering two lateral sidesthereof; and a detachable heel portion having a connection portion whichis connectable to the connection portion of the heel portion; andwherein the detachable heel portion can be attached to or detached fromthe connection portion of the heel portion so that the detachable heelportion is replaceable from the heel portion of the shoe body.
 8. Theshoe with a replaceable heel portion as claimed in claim 7, wherein theconnection portions of the heel portion and the detachable heel portionare selected from male buckles and female buckles so that the heelportion can be combined to the detachable heel portion.
 9. The shoe witha replaceable heel portion as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connectionportions of the heel portion and the detachable heel portion are twoparts of a zipper so that the heel portion can be combined to thedetachable heel portion.
 10. The shoe with a replaceable heel portion asclaimed in claim 7, wherein the connection portions of the heel portionand the detachable heel portion are Velcro so that the heel portion canbe combined to the detachable heel portion.
 11. The shoe with areplaceable heel portion as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connectionportions of the heel portion and the detachable heel portion areselected from screws and threaded holes for receiving screws so that theheel portion can be combined to the detachable heel portion.
 12. Theshoe with a replaceable heel portion as claimed in claim 7, wherein theconnection portions of the heel portion and the detachable heel portionare selected from buttons and slits for receiving buttons so that theheel portion can be combined to the detachable heel portion.